Harris to address Al Smith charity dinner by video, organizers say

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 12:30 PM EDT, October 17, 2024


NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will address the Al Smith charity dinner by video Thursday night, after deciding to skip the event in person in a break with presidential campaign tradition, organizers said.

Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend in person.

The white tie event raises millions of dollars for Catholic charities and has traditionally offered presidential candidates from both parties the chance to trade light-hearted barbs in the election’s final stretch.

Harris’ campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Her team had previously said that, with just weeks to go, they wanted her to spend as much time as possible campaigning in battleground states that will decide the election, rather than detouring to heavily Democratic New York.

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. I think she should do it live.

Right in Trump's face. He'd melt down. He's in no shape cognitively to handle her in person.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Odds would be

if she did come "in person", he would find a way to cancel, and that would have then taken her out of circulation in the swing states that the current "narratives" claim she needs to be or she'll "lose" (note "lose" in quotes since they have been helping a convicted felon measure the drapes).

The debate and her subsequent trolling since, have been too humiliating for him.

[marybourg]

3. 9:15 EDT on C-Span.

[samsingh]

4. i think trump will be destroyed if she does it live. he can't handle her

he's a crybaby to her Alpha.

[SarcasticSatyr]

5. It would be classic ..

if, at the last minute, she showed up in person . . .

[ificandream]

7. Was just thinking about that myself.

I hope she does.

[LauraInLA]

6. Oh, I'm so glad she isn't completely skipping this!